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Hi everyone! I have a long question here concerning my rental in Indiana. My home is currently empty. I would like to sell or rent it to my sister. She is 67 and receives Social Security benefits---her only income. Sh...
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If you do some maintenances on your rental property, such as fixing a clogged toilet, replacing a broken door, etc., can you count your own labor as expenses?
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My daughter has just started her real estate investment journey. She currently has her 5 bedroom home for rent and was approached by someone wanting to rent it for an Adult Family Home. Anyone have experience with the...
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So one of our current tenant in a retail commercial is asking for permission to bring in the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center and their mobile coach for a blood drive in our parking lot. He already asked the rest of ...
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Wife and I own land and have plans to build our first STR. We have plans/checkset, builder, etc. However -If you were able to build from scratch for STR purposes, what are the top things you would add to your build?
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Hi I help my mother manage a property in NYC - brooklyn with a elderly (80s) section 8 tenant. He has been there since 2007, but has been trouble the last few years. Due to covid, he stopped paying his share of the re...
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I was not sure where to place this post, so feel free to move it if necessary. My apologies in advance.
I have an RV park that has been running for 3 years and I have been filing taxes under my name, and just runnin...
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I have experience with working class and lower income areas. But what about ghetto, warzone areas. A lot of burned out buildings, people using/selling drugs all over the place, frequent shootings (almost one a week it...
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Investment Info:
Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $1,000,000
Cash invested: $200,000
Purchased a 26 unit apartment building in Little Italy, (downtown Omaha), ...
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Assembly Bill 1771, also known as the California Housing Speculation Act, aims to change real estate tax policy to discourage investors from quickly reselling properties like single-family homes.
Under the proposed...